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noun
1.
the vote for a U.S. presidential candidate made by the qualified voters, as opposed to that made by the electoral college. Compare electoral vote.
2.
the vote for a candidate, issue, etc., made by the qualified voters, as opposed to a vote made by elected representatives.
Origin:
1830–40, Americanism
1830–40, Americanism
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is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | popular vote |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the process by which qualified voters choose candidates or vote on issues, as opposed to elected representatives or an electoral college |
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